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Adjectives
We use adjectives to describe nouns.
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An adjective is a 'describing' word, an adjective qualifie a noun or a pronoun,and give you more information about the object, person, place or idea
The adjective forms are positive, comparative, and superlative.
Examples:
This tree is tall. (positive)
That tree is taller. (comparative)
The last tree in the row is the tallest. (superlative)
Proper adjectives are derived from proper nouns. They commonly describe something in terms of nationality, religious affiliation, or culture. Like proper nouns, proper adjectives have their first letter capitalized. Some examples of proper adjectives include:
American
French
Japanese
Latino
Asian
Australian
Catholic
Lutheran
Jewish
Now I want a show you a big list of adjectives based on their characteristics
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Color Adjectives
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
purple
gray
black
white
Appearance Adjectives
​adorable​
beautiful
clean
drab
elegant
fancy
glamorous
handsome
long
magnificent
old-fashioned
plain
quaint
sparkling
ugliest
unsightly
wide-eyed
Shape Adjectives
broad
chubby
crooked
curved
deep
flat
high​
hollow
low
narrow
round
shallow
skinny
square
steep
straight
wide.​
Taste/Touch Adjectives
​bitter​
delicious
fresh
greasy
juicy
hot
icy
loose
melted
nutritious
prickly
rainy
rotten
salty
sticky
strong
sweet
tart
tasteless
uneven
weak
wet
wooden
yummy​
Feelings (Bad) Adjectives
angry
bewildered
clumsy
defeated
embarrassed
fierce
grumpy
helpless
itchy
jealous
lazy
mysterious
nervous
obnoxious
panicky
repulsive
scary
thoughtless
uptight
worried​
Sound Adjectives
cooing
deafening
faint
hissing
loud
melodic
noisy
purring
quiet
raspy
screeching
thundering
voiceless
whispering
Shape Adjectives
broad
chubby
crooked
curved
deep
flat
high
hollow
low
narrow
round
shallow
skinny
square
steep
straight
wide.
Quantity Adjectives
abundant
empty
few
full
heavy
light
many
numerous
sparse
substantial
Touch Adjectives
boiling
breeze
broken
bumpy
chilly
cold
cool
creepy
crooked
cuddly
curly
damaged
damp
dirty
dry
dusty
filthy
flaky
fluffy
freezing
hot
warm
we
​Condition Adjectives
alive
better
careful
clever
dead
easy
famous
gifted
helpful
important
inexpensive
mushy
odd
powerful
rich
shy
tender
uninterested
vast
wrong.
Size Adjectives
big
colossal
fat
gigantic
great
huge
immense
large
little
mammoth
massive
miniature
petite
puny
scrawny
short
small
tall
teeny
teeny-tiny
tiny
worried
Feelings (Good) Adjectives
agreeable
brave
calm
delightful
eager
faithful
gentle
happy
jolly
kind
lively
nice
obedient
proud
relieved
silly
thankful
victorious
witty
zealous
Time Adjectives
ancient
brief
early
fast
late
long
modern
old
old-fashioned
quick
rapid
short
slow
swift
young
Noun vs adjective
Noun and adjective are two different things.
Although their similarities are both grounded in the world of grammar they are different in nature, in character, and in usage.
Both noun and adjective belong to the eight parts of speech along with verbs, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.
Most English speaking and educated people around the world use nouns and adjectives interchangeably and although some words are exempted it is still generally wrong to do so.
That is why the proper usage of both should be remembered.
You must also understand that there are set of words that can be interchanged to be noun or adjective but you have to be able to know when it becomes a noun and when it becomes an adjective.
Adjective, on the other hand, are words basically used to describe or modify the noun.
It usually precedes a noun in the sentence although in some cases it goes after it. (Postpositive adjective)
Postpositive adjectives are adjectives that follow the nouns they modify.
Examples:
the blue sea~ the sea is blue
the old man~ the man is old
happy children~ the children are happy